The economy of the island had been structured in order to serve American corporate and government interests rather than those of its own people, and therefore many thousands of Puerto Ricans had been forced to migrate to the United States in order to find employment.
La economía de la isla se estructuró para servir a los intereses de las empresas y del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en lugar de los de su propio pueblo y, por lo tanto, muchos miles de puertorriqueños se vieron obligados a emigrar a los Estados Unidos en busca de empleo.